Season Highlights
May 15th – Paul Petit (Eau Claire Cavaliers) throws a no-hitter and finishes with 16 strikeouts in a 19-0 win over the Cadott Red Sox. The game ended after 7 innings.
May 22nd – Logan Boettcher (Osseo Merchants) throws a no-hitter in a 14-0 win over Beef River Bullfrogs. The game ended after 7 innings.
May 22nd – Tyler Hermann (Eau Claire Cavaliers) goes 5 for 5 in a 12-2 win over the Jim Falls Sturgeons.
June 15th – Logan Boettcher (Osseo Merchants) throws a one-hitter in a 17-0 win versus the Cadott Red Sox.
June 15th – Luke Eide (Osseo Merchants) throws a one-hitter in a 11-0 win against the Cadott Red Sox.
June 19th – Logan Boettcher (Osseo Merchants) throws a no-hitter in a 10-0 win over Whitehall Wolves.
June 19th – Blake Johnson (Eau Claire Bears) throws a one-hitter in a 10-0 win over Beef River.
June 23rd – Paul Petit (Eau Claire Cavaliers) throws a one-hitter against Beef River Bullfrogs in a 10-0 win.
July 3rd – Paul Petit (Eau Claire Cavaliers) and Corey Fischer (Eau Claire Cavaliers) throw a combined two-hit shutout to defeat the Stanley Slammers 8-0.
July 7th – The North wins the CRBL All-Star game 6-5 with Paul Petit recieving the MVP.
May 15th – Paul Petit (Eau Claire Cavaliers) throws a no-hitter and finishes with 16 strikeouts in a 19-0 win over the Cadott Red Sox. The game ended after 7 innings.
May 22nd – Logan Boettcher (Osseo Merchants) throws a no-hitter in a 14-0 win over Beef River Bullfrogs. The game ended after 7 innings.
May 22nd – Tyler Hermann (Eau Claire Cavaliers) goes 5 for 5 in a 12-2 win over the Jim Falls Sturgeons.
June 15th – Logan Boettcher (Osseo Merchants) throws a one-hitter in a 17-0 win versus the Cadott Red Sox.
June 15th – Luke Eide (Osseo Merchants) throws a one-hitter in a 11-0 win against the Cadott Red Sox.
June 19th – Logan Boettcher (Osseo Merchants) throws a no-hitter in a 10-0 win over Whitehall Wolves.
June 19th – Blake Johnson (Eau Claire Bears) throws a one-hitter in a 10-0 win over Beef River.
June 23rd – Paul Petit (Eau Claire Cavaliers) throws a one-hitter against Beef River Bullfrogs in a 10-0 win.
July 3rd – Paul Petit (Eau Claire Cavaliers) and Corey Fischer (Eau Claire Cavaliers) throw a combined two-hit shutout to defeat the Stanley Slammers 8-0.
July 7th – The North wins the CRBL All-Star game 6-5 with Paul Petit recieving the MVP.
August 3rd – Osseo Merchants defeat the Tilden Tigers 12-6 to win their fourth straight CRBL championship.
Season Notes
There were nineteen .400+ hitters this year in league play, the highest mark since 1993 and the most in a single-season since the return to wood bats in 2001.
The EC Bears’ Todd Lasher became the 8th player in CRBL history to surpass the 400 hit mark. Todd now sits at 7th place all-time with 418 hits.
The EC Bears’ Brian Menard now has 435 career hits, good for 5th place all-time.
Josh Briggs of the EC Rivermen is now 10th place all-time in hits with 383 knocks.
Slugger Ryan Freitag of the Osseo Merchants is now tied for 6th place all-time in home runs at 49 with Tilden great Mitch Steinmetz.
Freitag also strengthened his top spot for career on base percentage. The big lefty now has a career OBP. of .557, in part propelled by the single-season CRBL record he set for base on balls this season with 28.
The EC Cavaliers’ player/manager Matt Miller and Whitehall veteran Tyler Manley are currently tied for the all-time lead in stolen bases with 144 apiece.
Stanley’s lead-off man extraordinaire Kevin Christorf moved in to 3rd place all-time in batting average with a healthy .395 career mark.
Andy Niese of the EC Rivermen became the CRBL’s all-time leader in total bases with 806, breaking the previous record of 804 held by Tilden legend, Randy Baier.
Niese has also become the league’s all-time leader in singles with 447, breaking the former mark of 442, held by Bloomer and CRBL legend Scott Stuckert.
There were six no-hitters spun this season. Osseo lefty Logan Boettcher and Whitehall righty Alex Byom each threw two no-no’s, tying a single-season record. In total, there have been 63 no-hitters thrown in 91 seasons of CRBL play.
Logan Boettcher’s league leading four shutouts tied a single-season mark accomplished seven previous times, including by Boettcher himself in 2016.
With a 33 and 6 career record, Boettcher currently sits as the CRBL’s all-time leader in winning percentage at .846.
The EC Rivermen’s Tyler Gray is now tied for 3rd all-time with CRBL hall of famer Russ Nelson in wins with 82.
Currently with 910 career strikeouts, Gray is the fourth pitcher in league history to cross the 900 K barrier.
With an 8 and 3 record and 11 decisions in 2019, Bloomer righty Curtis Dachel moved up to 9th place all-time in decisions with 89.
Beef River manager Scott Sorenson has managed 323 CRBL games, good for 2nd place all-time to former Bloomer Woodticks manager Scott Stuckert’s final count of 486.
Additionally, Sorenson moved in to 2nd place all-time in managerial wins with 178. The leader in that category is Augusta’s Jan Krueger with 186 career victories.
League Statistical Leaders
Hitting
| Player | Team | H | AB | AVG |
| Tyler Herman | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 35 | 65 | .538 |
| Nate Pronschinske | Whitehall Wolves | 27 | 52 | .519 |
| Ryan Freitag | Osseo Merchants | 34 | 72 | .472 |
| Jordan Hauser | Whitehall Wolves | 33 | 71 | .465 |
| Sam Janni | Eau Claire Bears | 39 | 85 | .459 |
| Jon Schoch | Tilden Tigers | 33 | 72 | .458 |
| Cole Zwiefelhofer | Tilden Tigers | 30 | 67 | .448 |
| Brian Menard | Eau Claire Bears | 25 | 56 | .446 |
| Andy Niese | Eau Claire Rivermen | 29 | 69 | .420 |
| Kevin Chrisorf | Stanley Slammers | 25 | 60 | .417 |
| Drew Steinmetz | Tilden Tigers | 20 | 48 | .417 |
*Minimum 44 at-bats
| Player | Team | At-Bats |
| Sam Janni | Eau Claire Bears | 85 |
| Jeremy Nicolai | Eau Claire Bears | 84 |
| Tom Mewhorter | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 82 |
| Jordan Wilson | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 80 |
| Jim Thill | Eau Claire Bears | 76 |
| Player | Team | Hits |
| Sam Janni | Eau Claire Bears | 39 |
| Tyler Hermann | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 35 |
| Ryan Freitag | Osseo Merchants | 34 |
| Tom Mewhorter | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 34 |
| Jordan Hauser | Whitehall Wolves | 33 |
| Jon Schoch | Tilden Tigers | 33 |
| Jordan Wilson | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 33 |
| Player | Team | Doubles |
| Tyler Hermann | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 10 |
| Jon Schoch | Tilden Tigers | 9 |
| Josh Halling | Eau Claire Bears | 8 |
| Jordan Hauser | Whitehall Wolves | 8 |
| Tom Mewhorter | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 8 |
| Trent Vondrasek | Whitehall Wolves | 8 |
| Cole Zwiefelhofer | Tilden Tigers | 8 |
| Player | Team | Triples |
| Jesse Brockman | Osseo Merchants | 2 |
| Josh Halling | Eau Claire Bears | 2 |
| Jaxon Kostka | Osseo Merchants | 2 |
| Reese Vold | Osseo Merchants | 2 |
| Player | Team | Home Runs |
| Ryan Freitag | Osseo Merchants | 10 |
| Jordan Hauser | Whitehall Wolves | 5 |
| Jordan Wilson | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 5 |
| Tom Mewhorter | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 5 |
| Brady Burzynski | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 4 |
| Todd Lasher | Eau Claire Bears | 3 |
| Jon Schoch | Tilden Tigers | 3 |
| Player | Team | RBI |
| Ryan Freitag | Osseo Merchants | 42 |
| Jordan Hauser | Whitehall Wolves | 37 |
| Tom Mewhorter | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 32 |
| Jon Schoch | Tilden Tigers | 27 |
| Jordan Wilson | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 25 |
| Player | Team | Runs Scored |
| Ryan Freitag | Osseo Merchants | 33 |
| Jordan Wilson | Whitehall Wolves | 30 |
| Sam Janni | Eau Claire Bears | 29 |
| Tyler Hermann | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 28 |
| Tom Mewhorter | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 26 |
| Player | Team | Stolen Bases |
| Jordan Wilson | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 16 |
| Dayton Gutsch | Eau Claire Rivermen | 11 |
| Jordan Steinmetz | Tilden Tigers | 10 |
| Neal Matson | Osseo Merchants | 8 |
| Drew Steinmetz | Tilden Tigers | 8 |
| Player | Team | Walks |
| Ryan Freitag | Osseo Merchants | 28 |
| Dalton Hutton | Eau Claire Rivermen | 20 |
| Jesse Brockman | Osseo Merchants | 17 |
| Josh Briggs | Eau Claire Rivermen | 17 |
| Max Ferguson | Whitehall Wolves | 17 |
Pitching
| Player | Team | ER | IP | ERA |
| Logan Boettcher | Osseo Merchants | 4 | 63.1 | 0.57 |
| Chevy Tollefson | Eau Claire Bears | 8 | 51.2 | 1.39 |
| Troy Sharpe | Whitehall Wolves | 4 | 23 | 1.57 |
| Curtis Dachel | Bloomer Woodticks | 17 | 80 | 1.91 |
| Paul Petit | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 13 | 49.2 | 2.37 |
| Luke Eide | Osseo Merchants | 12 | 45.1 | 2.38 |
| Blake Johnson | Eau Claire Bears | 11 | 37.2 | 2.63 |
| PJ Lequia | Tilden Tigers | 18 | 60.1 | 2.69 |
| Jake Jenneman | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 14 | 42 | 3.00 |
| Alex Byom | Whitehall Wolves | 10 | 28.2 | 3.14 |
| Player | Team | IP |
| Curtis Dachel | Bloomer Woodticks | 80 |
| Scott Hovell | Whitehall Wolves | 71 |
| Logan Boettcher | Osseo Merchants | 63.1 |
| Carl Krumenauer | Tilden Tigers | 61.2 |
| Player | Team | Wins |
| Curtis Dachel | Bloomer Woodticks | 8 |
| Carl Krumenauer | Tilden Tigers | 8 |
| Logan Boettcher | Osseo Merchants | 7 |
| PJ Lequia | Tilden Tigers | 7 |
| Paul Petit | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 7 |
| Player | Team | K’s |
| Logan Boettcher | Osseo Merchants | 91 |
| Paul Petit | Eau Claire Cavaliers | 72 |
| Curtis Dachel | Bloomer Woodticks | 57 |
| PJ Lequia | Tilden Tigers | 55 |
| Alex Byom | Whitehall Wolves | 54 |